Overview
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2, 2035, with a magnitude of 1.032. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.9 days after perigee (on Thursday, August 30, 2035, at 3:35 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. Totality will be visible from parts of northern China, North Korea, the extreme northern tip of South Korea (Goseong County, Gangwon Province) and Japan.
A partial eclipse will be visible for most of Asia, northern Oceania, Hawaii, southwest Alaska, and the western United States.
Visibility
The path of totality will cross two Asian capital cities, Beijing, China and Pyongyang, North Korea, and will pass north of a third, Tokyo, Japan.
In popular culture
The 2035 eclipse is the setting of the 2003 video game Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Dracula's castle is located inside the solar eclipse, having been sealed there in 1999.
Eclipse details
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
Eclipses in 2035
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 22. * An annular solar eclipse on March 9. * A partial lunar eclipse on August 19. * A total solar eclipse on September 2.
Metonic
* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2039
Tzolkinex
* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042
Half-Saros
* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 28, 2026 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2044
Tritos
* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046
Solar Saros 145
* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053
Inex
* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2064
Triad
* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 1, 1948 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 4, 2122